First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF $SDVY Shares Bought by Barry Investment Advisors LLC

Barry Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 7.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 20,368 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,342 shares during the quarter. Barry Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF were worth $719,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 120.9% during the 2nd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 952 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 521 shares during the period. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC boosted its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 38.8% during the 1st quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,610 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 450 shares during the period. Financial Network Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF in the 1st quarter worth $72,000. Centaurus Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF in the 4th quarter worth $110,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 3,250.0% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $144,000 after buying an additional 4,160 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Stock Performance

SDVY opened at $38.16 on Friday. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has a one year low of $28.84 and a one year high of $40.60. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $37.34 and its 200-day moving average is $35.08. The company has a market capitalization of $8.85 billion, a PE ratio of 14.54 and a beta of 1.18.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 25th will be paid a $0.095 dividend. This represents a $0.38 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 25th.

About First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

The First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in extended market equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of small- and mid-cap US companies with historically increasing dividends and that meet various fundamental criteria. SDVY was launched on Nov 1, 2017 and is managed by First Trust.